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As a side-note, it's always weird to me to see place like Gabon or Congo called "West Africa". It's clearly on the West Coast but within Africa, the West start
by AnAfrican 11y ago
As a side-note, it's always weird to me to see place like Gabon or Congo called "West Africa".
It's clearly on the West Coast but within Africa, the West starts after Cameroon.
- the_watcher 11y agoJust curious, but what would the accurate geographic descriptor of a west coastal, but not on the western subcontinent be called? The Congo is generally called central Africa in my experience, but that wouldn't really be accurate for Gabon/Angola, would it?
- AnAfrican 11y agoIt would be accurate for Gabon and debatable (but not inaccurate) for Angola. Basically, we think about these blocks: - West Africa - North Africa - East Africa - Southern Africa - Central Africa Now some countries are "on the border" and the description depends more on cultural or economical ties than pure geography. Angola could be southern or Central. Zambia could be eastern or central (or even southern) Uganda could be eastern or central. It's complicated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union#Role_of_Regional_Economic_Communities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Union#Role_of_Regional... But Gabon is definitely Central Africa.
- giarc 11y agoIt would be like someone calling Orlando, western USA. It's on a west coast, and if you were to head west you would likely hit Mexico (maybe Texas...) but it's obviously not western USA.